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en:survey:pretest [08.02.2021 21:51] – [Questionnaire Pretest] sophia.schaueren:survey:pretest [08.02.2021 21:57] – [Face-to-Face Pretest] sophia.schauer
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   - Once you have incorporated all your changes, you should repeat the pretest -- otherwise you may be making matters worse. Of course you need to recruit different people, since the original testers now know how to understand your questions.   - Once you have incorporated all your changes, you should repeat the pretest -- otherwise you may be making matters worse. Of course you need to recruit different people, since the original testers now know how to understand your questions.
   - Even good questionnaires need a couple of alterations. Usually, 2-4 Pretest rounds are needed, to turn a good questionnaire into a really good one. However, the effort is worthwhile: better data quality, less drop-outs and less effort during the analysis and interpretation. Especially under time pressure a pretest should not be missed out on.   - Even good questionnaires need a couple of alterations. Usually, 2-4 Pretest rounds are needed, to turn a good questionnaire into a really good one. However, the effort is worthwhile: better data quality, less drop-outs and less effort during the analysis and interpretation. Especially under time pressure a pretest should not be missed out on.
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 +Useful hints on pretesting and further test methods are described, for example, in the text [[http://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/publikationen/gesis_reihen/howto/How_to15PP_MR.pdf|Kognitive Interviews]] by Prüfer and Rexroth (2005) from the [[http://www.gesis.org/publikationen/gesis-how-to/|ZUMA]] How-to-Reihe, Nr. 15. (German)
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